What things do you know is wrong, but still stupidly believe for a moment when you think about it?

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Mine is Mexico

I know it’s near the equator. I know Canada is north of America. Yet everytime I think of Mexico, I randomly think it’s North America before I have to remind myself no, it’s south.

Yes me too! I also sometimes thought Putin died years ago. Did he keep coming back? Not back to life 😂 but like he was President then not then was again? I’m gonna have to Google it

I always get shoulder and elbow mixed up. I obviously know which is which, but always have to pause for a second before saying either to check I'm saying the right one.

@PollyCreo Delaware!

I’m sure she means it goes Canada, USA, Mexico but she sometimes thinks Canada, Mexico, USA

I've just had to Google where Hawaii is. It's clearly moved since my teenage dream of honeymooning there. ( we went to wales)

That it's illegal to have ketchup on a Sunday dinner!

If you wear red shoes it means you don't wear knickers!

If you can't fight, wear a big hat.

These were all passed down through the family 🤣

That's the one! I always forget the Carolinas too 😅

That it's pronounced "por-TA-ka-bin".

I say it correctly now but it takes a moment of convincing myself every time I see it that it's not por-TA-ka-bin. There's one along the train line on my commute with the word written in huge letters across the side so I should have practiced enough by now. But no.

Is it because 2 states are not contiguous ie Alastair and hawaii so people think to add on 2 and make 52?

*alaska

When they announce on the radio traffic due to a ‘shed load of..’ I thought they meant like loads of it ‘ ‘ I’ve got a shed load of dvds’ not that the load has been shed onto the road 🙈 I still don’t ‘hear’ it how it’s meant

Wait what?! Portacabin how do you pronounce it?!

Is it not POR ta KA bin as in a portable cabin?

Porta cabin

I'm confused too, can't see any other way of pronouncing it.

Porta-cab-in
Porta cabin
Portacabin

Are we not all pronouncing it the same? 🤣

I always thought Billericay was a quaint Scottish seaside town similar to Balamory!

I used to think Billericay was in Greece - I think I was confusing it with Faliraki!

When they announce on the radio traffic due to a ‘shed load of..’ I thought they meant like loads of it ‘ ‘ I’ve got a shed load of dvds’ not that the load has been shed onto the road 🙈 I still don’t ‘hear’ it how it’s meant

I remember Graham Norton pondering on exactly this on his Radio 2 show, just after a traffic bulletin where they mentioned a shed load on a major road!

Also, sort of loosely related to portacabins, I can now never see a portaloo without remembering the ongoing Ant & Dec sketch 'Men In Brown', where one was used as a gateway to a secret spy facility and referred to as 'Portal Double Zero'

Yes you are all correct, it's is POR-ta-KA-bin. As in, a portable cabin.

But I find it almost impossible not to say por-TA-ka-bin. I know it's completely wrong but I still see it when I see the word Portakabin and it takes real thought to say it the way everyone else does!!

It IS pronounced POR-tuh-ka-bin, but PP mistakenly thought that it was pronounced por-TA-ka-bin.... if I've understood correctly.

Are you thinking it's more like por-takker-bin, rather than porter-cabin?

X-posted with Xiaoxiong.

OP - I knew you what meant in your example and I am exactly the same - despite working in travel and therefore having world maps in both my office and kitchen!

That if you flushed the toilet on a plane whilst still sat on it (why? first of all) all of your insides would be sucked out.

I know the old Rowntree's factory in York is now flats. I know this, because I pass it when I work in the area a few times a year.

BUT STILL - when I took the dc to the "York Chocolate Story" attraction (very good by the way) last week, I was expecting it to be in the old factory, not in the middle of the city.

@WeBuiltThisBuffetOnSausageRoll let's never holiday together 🤣 ooh Billericay - lovely!

I'm on an app called Pitch Hero. It tells me when DD's football matches are, scores etc.

For three years I have been pronouncing it "Pitch-Eroo", like Bukaroo.